Exhibit ES-1. Baseline Characteristics of Relevant Groups of Reading First Schools for 2002-2003
| Characteristic | RF Schools in Study Sample | RF Schools in Study Districts | RF Schools in Study States | RF Schools in U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | |||||
| Male (%) | 52.3 | 52.0 | 51.7 | 51.5 | |
| Race (%) | |||||
| Asian | 3.1 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3.5 | |
| Black | 35.6 | 41.1 | 26.4 | 30.5 | |
| Hispanic | 26.7 | 28.6 | 37.1 | 34.8 | |
| White | 34.2 | 27.4 | 34.3 | 28.6 | |
| American Indian/Alaskan | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.5 | |
| Free Lunch and Reduced Lunch (%) | 74.4 | 75.0 | 67.8 | 73.2 | |
| Schools | |||||
| Eligible for Title 1(%) | 97.6 | 97.4 | 96.4 | 94.8 | |
| Locale (%) | |||||
| Large City | 39.2 | 39.8 | 26.7 | 26.8 | |
| Mid-size City | 36.8 | 36.5 | 21.0 | 19.5 | |
| Othera | 24.0 | 23.7 | 52.3 | 53.6 | |
| Size | |||||
| Total Number of Students | 474.8 | 487.4 | 502.4 | 531.4 | |
| Number of Students in Grade 3 | 71.6 | 75.1 | 80.2 | 84.9 | |
| Student/Teacher Ratio | 15.1 | 14.8 | 15.1 | 16.5 | |
| Third Grade Reading Performance | |||||
| Deviation from State RF Mean | |||||
| Proficiency Rate (%)b | -1.3 | -3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Number of Schoolsc | 125 | 274 | 1,728 | 4,793 | |
| The RF study sample includes 128 schools from 18 sites (17 districts and 1 state) located in 13 states. The RF schools in Study Districts include all RF schools ranked and/or rated on the RF grant application for each of the 18 sites in the study. All RF schools in Study States include all RF schools in the 13 states included in the study. All RF schools nationally include all schools that received RF grants. | |||||
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a Other Locale includes urban fringe of a large city, urban fringe of a mid-sized city, large town, small town, and rural. b A school's proficiency score is defined as the percentage of third grade students (or fourth or fifth grade when third grade is unavailable) in the school that score at or above the state-defined proficiency threshold on the state's reading assessment. The values in this row represent the average percentage point deviation from the mean proficiency score for the Reading First schools in the state. By definition, for a given state the mean proficiency score for all Reading First schools in the state is the benchmark for comparison. Therefore, in the final two columns, the deviation from the benchmark within each state is zero and the average deviation across states is zero. c Due to missing values for some variables, the number of schools included varies by characteristic. Sources: Baseline characteristic data are from the Common Core of Data. RF school samples are defined based on information from the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. |
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